How to read it: in each row, the time under "Top 10%" is the time of the slowest athlete who still made the fastest 10% of the age group. Beat that time and you are in. Age groups with fewer than 5 finishers are omitted. Finishers only.
Men
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,493 | 9:07:55 | 9:49:16 | 10:09:44 | 10:51:49 | 12:19:13 | 8:28:26 |
| MPRO | 34 | 8:28:26 | 8:33:51 | 8:41:40 | 8:54:16 | 9:14:52 | 8:28:26 |
| M18-24 | 42 | 8:57:28 | 9:51:27 | 10:02:37 | 10:37:28 | 11:41:51 | 8:57:28 |
| M25-29 | 118 | 9:17:14 | 9:36:15 | 9:56:28 | 10:28:09 | 11:52:16 | 9:14:46 |
| M30-34 | 263 | 9:19:58 | 9:44:32 | 10:05:28 | 10:44:10 | 12:05:47 | 9:05:31 |
| M35-39 | 339 | 9:31:07 | 9:50:55 | 10:18:43 | 10:49:25 | 12:12:07 | 9:18:29 |
| M40-44 | 296 | 9:22:00 | 9:58:56 | 10:21:22 | 11:03:07 | 12:20:12 | 9:13:02 |
| M45-49 | 201 | 9:53:43 | 10:09:44 | 10:30:46 | 11:15:40 | 12:32:39 | 9:27:50 |
| M50-54 | 114 | 9:49:45 | 10:30:37 | 10:55:01 | 11:30:17 | 12:58:46 | 9:18:19 |
| M55-59 | 60 | 11:03:55 | 11:09:03 | 11:52:54 | 12:42:23 | 13:48:25 | 11:03:55 |
| M60-64 | 16 | 11:19:42 | 11:19:42 | 11:45:22 | 12:40:45 | 13:56:57 | 11:19:42 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 12:17:37 | 12:17:37 | 12:17:37 | 12:39:08 | 13:21:49 | 12:17:37 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 440 | 9:47:28 | 10:37:35 | 10:58:39 | 11:34:29 | 13:07:57 | 9:33:09 |
| FPRO | 14 | 9:33:09 | 9:33:09 | 9:36:45 | 9:42:29 | 9:54:46 | 9:33:09 |
| F18-24 | 17 | 10:21:55 | 10:21:55 | 10:44:04 | 11:34:28 | 12:47:44 | 10:21:55 |
| F25-29 | 46 | 10:05:58 | 10:45:17 | 11:14:39 | 11:34:16 | 13:14:49 | 10:05:58 |
| F30-34 | 98 | 9:58:38 | 10:51:59 | 11:02:50 | 11:57:13 | 13:05:23 | 9:58:38 |
| F35-39 | 87 | 10:08:52 | 10:42:32 | 10:51:57 | 11:26:46 | 12:50:16 | 10:08:52 |
| F40-44 | 92 | 10:37:18 | 10:59:00 | 11:17:24 | 11:41:04 | 13:05:09 | 10:37:18 |
| F45-49 | 52 | 10:52:49 | 11:11:18 | 11:19:40 | 11:40:52 | 13:27:23 | 10:52:49 |
| F50-54 | 21 | 10:57:41 | 11:17:44 | 11:50:38 | 12:18:19 | 14:00:24 | 10:57:41 |
| F55-59 | 7 | 14:18:27 | 14:18:27 | 14:18:27 | 14:33:59 | 14:45:53 | 14:18:27 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 2.7 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v3.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22097794.